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Anonymous asks: Thoughts on querying with self published projects in your history? I realize the self published things wouldn’t be query-able, also these things would be self-pub for business reasons (ie short story collection) not “no one else wanted it”. Should you mention it in your author bio for the new […]
I didn’t answer this question the other day during my lightning round, since it needed a bit more space of its own. Which it has now, so over to Anne C., who asks: I know editors at publishing companies ask for re-writes, both great and small, depending on the manuscript. […]
As August creeps upon us, and I get ready for my beach vacation, I thought we could periodically take a trip through the archives, and revisit some Ask Daphne! posts from the past. Here’s one from way back in January of 2008: I have a finished paranormal romance and want […]
I love these shoes. When I think of shoes to illustrate a post about editors, these are the ones that come to mind. And speaking of editors, (Not Intern) Jenny asks: Do you work as an editor on in-progress stories? I understand that proposed non-fiction does not necessarily have to […]
One of my authors just got a revision letter from her editor, and I was looking over it, and noticed the following comment: Please avoid use/overuse of the word “smirk.” This is a description I see in the work of many new writers and I firmly believe that smirking is […]
Lately I've started to think about maybe becoming an editor of some sort, even if I'm really low on the publishing food chain. I do want to become a writer & I was wondering if you thought this would get in the way of that?